basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 8 Not a fool

The two parties met in the meeting room of the club. Apart from Xia Hongfei, the rest of the shareholders also attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Lu Ziqiu introduced in detail his experiences over the years as well as his basketball philosophy, management style and coaching style.

Xia Hongfei introduced in detail the hardware and software conditions of their Wolves team in all aspects, as well as their team's next operation ideas and new team building strategies.

Lu Ziqiu took notes carefully.

After that, they continued to conduct more in-depth negotiations. The two sides had some differences in terms of management philosophy, player formation and team culture construction, but this is not a big problem. Both parties agreed to continue negotiations.

All in all, this meeting is quite satisfactory for both parties.

Lu Ziqiu looked around at everyone present, and said frankly: "Everyone, there have been a lot of negative reports about me recently. The reason why I mentioned this is not to defend myself, but to be a little curious."

Everyone looked at each other, Xia Hongfei raised his eyes, "I don't know what Mr. Lu wants to know?"

"I have been devalued by the media and fans recently. In such a turmoil, if the media knows about the things you talked about with me, there will be a storm, so I want to know why you made such a decision. .”

Lu Ziqiu understood this point very well. If he didn't mention it now, the other party would bring it up sooner or later. Instead of entangled in this issue when negotiating the contract, it's better to raise it now, at least to test the bottom line of the other party's heart.

Xia Hongfei smiled slightly, "There will be no rumors about our meeting, so this does not constitute a trouble."

"Old fox." Lu Ziqiu muttered in his heart, nodded but did not reply.

Xia Hongfei went on to say: "We can all feel that you are a frank person, so we will tell you frankly that in fact, during this period of time, we have met with many head coaches and general managers, but no information has been leaked from the outside world. , which shows that we have done a very good job of keeping secrets."

Lu Ziqiu heard the meaning behind what he said. One was to show their ability, the other was to test their psychological endurance, and the third was to negotiate a lower price for future contracts.

But this is also normal, after all, this is a business, only suitable or not, nothing is absolute.

Lu Ziqiu replied seriously: "I'm very glad to hear such a candid explanation from you."

"Is there anything else Mr. Lu wants to know?"

Lu Ziqiu understood that this was the time for them to discuss among themselves, so he put away the computer, got up and said, "I understand almost everything that should be understood, so don't bother me."

Xia Hongfei and the directors also got up, Xia Hongfei said: "I have already booked the hotel for you, why don't Mr. Lu go to rest for a while, and we will clean up the dust for you later, okay?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "Thank you very much, but I still have something to take care of."

"Do you need me to arrange a vehicle to pick you up?"

"No need, thank you."

Xia Hongfei took him out to save face, and Lu Ziqiu shook hands with him to say goodbye, and took a taxi to leave.

After the taxi disappeared from sight, Xia Hongfei turned around and went back. On the way, he met Xia Kexin who rushed over, and couldn't help being a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

Xia Kexin didn't answer, but asked, "He rejected our arrangement?"

Xia Hongfei nodded, "After you got in touch with him, what do you think of him?"

"He is very deep, and I can't see him clearly yet."

"Don't test him anymore. If you can, make friends with him. As for whether to hire him, I will discuss it with the shareholders later."

Xia Kexin hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Have you already set your sights on him?"

Xia Hongfei shook his head and said: "I can feel that he is a very arrogant person in basketball and will not make compromises easily. If we hire him, we must make changes, otherwise it will be very difficult to cooperate."

Xia Kexin frowned, this was obviously a very big problem.

"Has there been no news from the general managers and head coaches I contacted recently?"

"Not yet, but I guess it should be soon. I'll ask again later."

"Actually, I didn't hold out much hope."

"Haven't they replied yet? Why are you doing this?"

"You have to be clear, everyone is not a fool, don't you know what our own situation is?"

Xia Kexin choked, apparently she took the problem too simply.

Xia Hongfei patted her on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's discuss it with everyone."

Back in the conference room, ten shareholders were still waiting for him.

Before Xia Hongfei came back, they had actually gone through a heated discussion.

A shareholder asked straight to the point: "Lao Xia, how do you choose?"

Xia Hongfei looked around at everyone, "What do you think?"

Shareholders expressed their views one after another. As before, this time it still formed a two-sided situation.

Seeing this situation, Xia Hongfei couldn't laugh or cry, "Well, I'll contact Thomas again. In any case, we have to make a decision in these two days."

Everyone stopped talking, but they didn't leave. They also wanted to hear what Thomas suggested.

Xia Hongfei asked Xia Kexin to close the door of the conference room, then dialed Thomas's phone number, and communicated with Thomas in front of everyone with the loudspeaker on.

After listening to his narration, Thomas sighed and said: "Old friend, don't be stupid. There are many good general managers in the league, but can Yancheng hire you? Unless you are willing to spend money That's another story."

Although these words are ugly, they are definitely true. After hearing this, everyone frowned.

Xia Hongfei said: "But today he didn't show any interest. Based on what you know about him, will he also look down on us?"

"If he looks down on you, will he fly over to meet you? Old friends, you are not sensible enough to do this. You should have flown over to meet him. To tell you the truth, if you miss him , will regret it."

"If you were, what would you do?"

"I will fire everyone who is not suitable for him, even if he is the only one left."

Xia Hongfei took a deep breath, and exchanged a shocked look with the shareholders, "Is he really worth it?"

"You don't know what kind of bad team the Los Angeles Bobcats used to be, but what has changed since he took over?"

The facts are there, and no one can deny this.

"To tell you the truth, there are not many players like the Bobcats that I like, but he led such a group of players to the finals. Based on this, you won't lose money by hiring him. , I can guarantee that within a few years, you will definitely grow into a strong team in the league."

(End of this chapter)